Connor Mortell

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The Biggest Piece That Critics of the “Woke Right” Miss

01/18/2025 Mises Wire Connor Mortell

In recent discourse, a group of thinkers—most largely championed by James Lindsay—has begun publicly criticizing an ideology that they refer to as the “Woke Right.” The idea is that it is the right...

In Defense of GK Chesterton’s Manalive

02/29/2024 Mises Wire Connor Mortell

G.K. Chesterton is a somewhat controversial author in most libertarian circles. As an intelligent man who wisely predicted a century out so many of the problems we face today, he has garnered great...

The Right Is Wrong to Pursue Term Limits

02/21/2024 Mises Wire Connor Mortell

Americans across the board have routinely spoken for term limits. Recently, however, this has been most common among Republican politicians. On January 29, Ron DeSantis announced his legislative...

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The Right Is Wrong to Pursue Term Limits

03/03/2024 Connor Mortell

While term limits is a near-article of faith by many on the right, the concept is flawed at its inception and the results are worse than anticipated.

Can the American Government Wage a Just War?

11/08/2023 Connor Mortell

Murray Rothbard asked this question and concluded that the current American regime, if the wisdom of Aquinas’ words is taken seriously, cannot wage a just war.

What Mises Really Thought about Fascism

09/12/2023 Connor Mortell

When Mises wrote that the fascists had "saved European civilization," he could have been describing Francisco Franco of Spain, who kept Spain from becoming a communist dictatorship.

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